wood engraving - hand made prints

A simple, striking design is key with hand made prints - I'll work hard to pare an idea to this in a series of sketches developed from casual ideas. I then transpose this, on reverse, onto a suitable size of linocut tile. If multiple inks will be printed in turn then I'll preserve the staged drawings with a varnish. 

After the drawing is finished, I use Pfeil linocut tools tools to carve the design from the tile. A thin layer of oil-based ink is then applied to the surface of the tile that has not been cut away using a soft roller. I transfer the ink to a piece of printing paper by applying pressure with a hand-operated Tofco relief press. For coloured prints this process is repeated for each colour with carefully aligned printing. 

For an edition of 50, I will ink and print the image by hand 50 separate times. Since each print is handmade, the colours can vary within the edition, as well as from the images on this site. Because of the great amount of time and effort necessary for me to do the work, some of my images may not always be in stock. When ordering, your patience may be requested.